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Mistral Kitchen

Located off of Westlake Ave. and a short walk from Downtown Seattle, this outstanding restaurant delivers classic, high end food in an unpretentious setting. Having come from a larger tasting...

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Charleston Encore

Another sumptuous meal at Baltimore’s finest restaurant, Charleston, included Chef Cindy Wolf’s delicious pan-roasted wild rockfish with coco beans and garlic, her rabbit confit, and her legendary Beef Wellington, which...

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Park B. Smith Invitational Tasting of 2009 and 2010 Châteauneuf du Pape

This was a remarkable day of fine food, prepared by Veritas’s chef, Sam Hazen, who was assisted by his sou chefs, Solange Johnson and Chris Meenan, as well as terrific...

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Cascina Spinasse

This casual, yet impeccably run restaurant is located in the hip Capitol Hill district of Seattle and specializes in northern Italian (specifically Piedmont) cuisine. All of the pasta is made...

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Dinner with friends in Bordeaux

A delicious sea bass that was cooked perfectly was followed by a tasty, garlicky, intensely flavorful leg of lamb roasted on a spit. The wine selection started with a superb 2002...

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Maison - Restaurant José Maria

This is a “bucket list” restaurant that, now that I have eaten here twice, I intend to return several more times before kicking the proverbial bucket. The owner and chef,...

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El Capricho: A Meat Lover’s Paradise

It's the best steak Luis Gutiérrez has ever had....

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Restaurant and Bar Albora

This is the tapas bar and new restaurant of José Gomez, the owner of the Joselito Iberico Pata Negra firm. I have gotten to know him over my recent trips...

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Arzak

This menu was similar to, but slightly different from the meal I had at Arzak in late July/early August, 2012, but I was more than happy to go down that...

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